It is sad there are so many cowards in the american business community such as Apple, Walmart and the NCAA.

However, it is refreshing to see so many real americans support the right to free speech of the Memories Pizza Parlor in Walkerton, IN. They have already received over $ 550,000 in GoFundMe support.

From the Washington Post April 2, 2015.

“The pizza shop in Walkerton, Ind. — a small town of about 2,200 people about 20 miles south of South Bend — doesn’t look like the epicenter of a national controversy. The black-and-white linoleum and red booths are unassuming — the decor of any take-out joint anywhere in America. A Triple XXX Root Beer will set you back $2. It even has a piano — and a prayer suggestion box.

“Every day before we open the store, we gather and pray together,” reads a sign posted in the store, which also boasts numerous crosses, including one that says “Glorify the Lord.” “If there is something you would like us to pray for, just write it down and drop it in the box.”

But Memories Pizza — “a Walkerton mainstay,” according to local media, for more than a decade — is feeling the heat of a great debate about religious freedom and gay rights. Memories has been billed by a local ABC affiliate as the “first business to publicly deny same-sex service” after Gov. Mike Pence (R) signed the state’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) into law. Many feel the law, which advocates say is intended to protect religious freedom, will result in discrimination against homosexuals.

The affiliate was looking for reactions to the RFRA — and it made some memories at Memories.

“If a gay couple came in and wanted us to provide pizzas for their wedding, we would have to say no,” Crystal O’Connor, one of the proprietors of Memories Pizza, told ABC 57 on Tuesday night.

To be clear: No one has reported that Memories has actually denied service to anyone. The owners even told ABC 57 they wouldn’t refuse service to a gay man or woman — they would only refuse to cater a gay wedding. But TMZ reported that Memories temporarily closed its doors after being met with threatening telephone calls and criticism on social media.”

““This legislation was designed to ensure the vitality of religious liberty in the Hoosier state,” Pence said. He added: “This law does not give anyone a license to discriminate.”

Yet the bill has drawn much criticism from the business community, including corporate giants such as Apple and Wal-Mart. The NCAA — in the middle of March Madness — even came out against the law just days before the tournament’s semifinal games are set to take place in Indianapolis.”Read more